Aug 19, 2025
Ok I know "lollipop lady" is what the british call crossing guards but fr I always think of the child catcher from chitty chitty bang bang whenever I hear it
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Ok I know "lollipop lady" is what the british call crossing guards but fr I always think of the child catcher from chitty chitty bang bang whenever I hear it
the worst thing about the lollipop lady post is all the british comments guffawing at the hysteria of naming someone a "crossing guard". "what are you guarding??? typical American nonsense" well Nigel they are guarding the very small children from thousands of pounds of fast moving steel, one of the leading causes of death in young children in the usa. i had multiple friends hit by cars and killed or seriously injured before i was out of grade school. another one hit by a car in HS and died. in my middle school a man literally drove a van up to a school sidewalk and tried to snatch several little girls, thankfully they got away, probably because some adult at some point had drilled these small children on abduction protocols. I'm genuinely glad you don't have SUVs pancaking small children as a matter of course in your countries! i think people in other western nations aren't really aware of how bad things are in the USA on the individual level for people just trying to go about their day
February 1943. "Women in essential services. Mrs. E.K. Sabel and Mrs. J.R. Harris, members of the Women's Safety Traffic Reserve in Oakland, California, are among the many mothers who are keeping the city's accident rate low by guarding crossings during school hours." Photo by Ann Rosener for the Office of War Information. View full size.
Wausau pays a private company $34 an hour per crossing guard. The police department says it can do the job for less — and wants to take it back. Here's what's on the agenda Tuesday night.
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The Carleton Place Boys Safety Patrol 1953
The Carleton Place Boys Safety Patrol 1953
1953 Photo-Vintage Carleton Place & Beckwith The work ta being carried on through the “boys’ safety patrol” a novel safety-first agency recruited entirely from among older boys in upper elementary grades. The boy volunteered their services, to regulate traffic at dangerous street intersections near their school. The job was to keep the patrol, well informed In all traffic regulations and simple…
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